Found some more information: Abraham Goodknight was born in Louisville, Kentucky, March 21, 1825. In 1833, when eight years of age, he moved with his parents to Bloomington, Indiana. There he lived until April 24, 1851, when he married Miss Mary James of Elletsville, Indiana. Soon after their marriage they came to Illinois. They settled near Edgewood September 10, 1851, where he worked at Blacksmithing. He was kept unusually busy while the Illinois Central and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads were being constructed. In 1860 Mr. Goodknight moved his shop into Edgewood and in the fall of 1861 he and his family moved into their newly constructed home on Broad Street. The shop faced the street east of the home. "Uncle Ham", as he was familiarly known, was a highly respected citizen. He was a veteran of the Mexican War, having served during 1847 and 1848. He was elected tax collector in Mason Township nineteen successive years and served many terms on Edgewood's village board. Abraham and Mary Goodknight were the parents of Mrs. "Sis" Newberry, Mrs. Jennie Hall, Mrs. Louisa Cooper, and Franklin Pierce Goodknight. Pierce married Miss Dorothy Alice Leatherman. They were the parents of William Goodknight, retired traveling freight agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad, who with his wife, the former Lyda Rowbotham, reside in a new modern home on the site of the former Pierce Goodknight residence. Carroll and Berniece Weaver now live in the Abraham Goodknight home. Mary Goodknight took pride in being a relative of Jesse James. [Below the article is a small picture of Mrs Abraham Goodknight, sitting on the porch of her home] Another article in the same book: Thomas J. Gerbel was Edgewood's fourth Blacksmith. Abraham Goodknight was the first. He was followed by C.P. Leatherman. Both Goodknight and Leatherman had served as Blacksmiths during the Mexican and Civil wars. They are the grandfathers of William Goodknight. Walter Pfenninger became the third blacksmith.